KIEV, July 23 – Ukrainian nationalist Svoboda party said Tuesday it will launch a protest action aimed against Russian President Vladimir Putin during his expected visit to Ukraine later this week.

KIEV, July 20 – The Cabinet of Ministers listens to forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions, but these forecasts sometimes differ from those made by Ukraine, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

BRUSSELS, July 20 – Kiev is to return to talks with Brussels on the establishment of a special fund in which Ukraine able to sell Kyoto quotas and use the money raised for environmental projects aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions and making the economy more environmentally friendly.

KIEV, July 20 – Ukraine could fulfill all of the conditions for the signing and ratification of an association agreement, including the creation of a free trade area, with the European Union in late 2012 or early 2013, Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko has said.

KIEV, July 23 - The Cabinet of Ministers at its next meeting will discuss the issue of road traffic safety, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

"We will hold a meeting in the nearest future, hear all organizations responsible for road traffic safety and define who will be responsible for that," he said at a meeting with representatives of public organizations on road traffic safety in Kiev on Friday.

KIEV, July 23 - Eugenia Tymoshenko, the daughter of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, believes that the collection of signatures to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych, initiated by the united opposition, could unite Ukrainians.

KIEV, July 23 — More than 42,000 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against President Viktor Yanukovych over the past seven days, seeking to remove him through impeachment, an opposition party reported Monday.

KIEV, July 23 – The Ukrainian cabinet has decided to prolong a memorandum with metals and mining companies until the end of 2009, toughening a number of commitments for metals companies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, July 23 - President Viktor Yushchenko is concerned that the government has allowed energy companies to use barter transactions in mutual settlements, Yushchenko’s spokeswoman said Thursday.

KIEV, July 23 – Russia stepped up maneuvering of its Black Sea Fleet forces in Sevastopol, including relocating cruise missiles and armored personnel vehicles, escalating tensions with Ukraine in a region dominated by ethnic Russians.